{"id":167,"date":"2006-10-15T19:34:36","date_gmt":"2006-10-16T03:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godammit.com\/2006\/10\/15\/unbridled-fatness\/"},"modified":"2007-05-27T20:13:29","modified_gmt":"2007-05-28T04:13:29","slug":"unbridled-fatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/unbridled-fatness\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbridled Fatness"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I say \u201cfat”,I mean huge enormous whales. I mean really big and fat. I commented on it at the time, and my husband didn\u2019t have much of a response. Today, I watched the huge fat people lined up to eat lunch at Red Robin, while other huge fat people made their exit. This time when I demanded a comment from my husband, he offered the theory that the mall is in a low-income area, and poor people have bad eating habits. I agree that the fat people were dressed in a style one could describe as \u201cghetto.” But I still don\u2019t quite understand the connection between this restaurant and fat people.<\/p>\n

I went to the Red Robin website<\/a>, which is a whole experience in itself. The phrase \u201cHome of the Bottomless Steak Fries” may be a clue about its core market. Then, I went to a website about \u201c branding<\/a>” where there was an article about the Red Robin chain of restaurants. I learned that the restaurants are positioned in malls or other areas of high activity. Do malls attract fat people, or do fat people attract restaurants? \u00a0 I still haven\u2019t figured anything out yet.<\/p>\n

But the branding article noted that the staff at Red Robin is encouraged by management to give its patrons \u201cUnbridled Service,” along with a fidelity to the Red Robin \u201ccore values”:Honor, Integrity, Seeking Knowledge and Having Fun. These values are supposed to be carried out in \u201cUnbridled Acts.” I went back to the company website, clicked on careers, and ended up feeling incredibly grateful. \u00a0 I don\u2019t have to work at Red Robin, and I\u2019m not fat! \u00a0 Yet.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"